2024 | * Finalist – Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize * Winner – Plein Air Salon – January 2024 Best Animals & Birds * Second Place – Gallery 4% Living & Breathing * Honourable Mention – Teravarna 9th Annual Animal Awards * Bronze Award – Camelback Gallery, USA, International Competition – “Amazing Animals” * Special Merit – Art and Colour 365 – Animals 2024 |
2023 | * Winner Casino RSM Acquisition Prize – Bentley Art Prize. * Runner-Up (by 3 votes) People’s Choice- Bentley Art Prize. * Bronze Award – Camelback Gallery, USA, International Juried Painting Competition – “Animals” * Finalist – Make Your Mark ONLINE International Juried Exhibition of Pastel Paintings. North Carolina, USA. * Finalist – Darcy Doyle Art Award. * Finalist – Camelback Gallery, USA, International Juried Painting Competition – “Faces” * Distinction – Gallery 4% “Anything & Everything” Juried Art Contest * Runner-Up Best in Show – Queensland Wildlife Artists Society * People’s Choice – Tursa Art Prize * First Place – Domestic Animals & Wildlife Section – Tursa Art Prize * First Place – Portraiture Section – Tursa Art Prize * Honourable Mention – Animal & Wildlife category PLUS One of Five Artists “To Watch” – 25th Annual Pastel 100 Competition – Artists Network, International Competition. * Finalist – Southeastern Pastel Society ONLINE “Luminosity” International Juried Exhibition of Pastel Paintings. South Carolina, USA * Finalist – Pure Color ONLINE International Juried Exhibition of Pastel Paintings. North Carolina, USA * Third Place – Brisbane EKKA ‘Seascapes’ |
2022 | * Honourable Mention – Pastel Guild of Europe 2022, “Dust Off”. * Bronze Award – Camelback Gallery, USA, International Juried Painting Competition – “Realism” * Finalist – Pure Color 6th Annual ONLINE International Juried Exhibition of Pastel Paintings. North Carolina, USA. * People’s Choice – Lower Clarence Arts & Crafts Association. * Highly Commended – Lower Clarence Arts & Crafts Association. |
2021 | * Finalist WAMA Art Prize (Where Art Meets Nature). * Highly Commended – Pastel Society of Australia Annual Awards. |
2020 | * People’s Choice – Pastel Society of Australia Annual Awards. |
2019 | * 1st Place – Pastel/Drawing Section & overall People’s Choice – Ocean Shores Art Comp. * Highly Commended – Lions Art Extravaganza – Pastel/Drawing section. * Finalist in the Holmes Acquisitive Art Prize for Excellence in Realistic Birdlife Art Prize. * Finalist in the Dean Cogle Portrait Prize. |
2018 | * People’s Choice – BACCI Spring Exhibition. * People’s Choice – Pastel Society of Australia Annual Awards. |
2017 | * Finalist in the Holmes Acquisitive Art Prize for Excellence in Realistic Birdlife Art Prize. * Solo Exhibition “Avian Criminals and Other Fine Feathered Friends” – Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina. * Exhibition “Micro Heroes” – Art Aspects Gallery, Lismore & Nimbin Gallery. |
2016 | * Selected Artist in Caldera Art Exhibition. * Highly Comm. Casino RSM Acquisition Prize – Bentley Art Prize. |
2015 | * Selected Artist in Caldera Art Exhibition. * Winner Town & Gown Exhibition -Lions Club of Lennox Head. |
2013 | * Winner Casino RSM Acquisition Prize – Bentley Art Prize. * Runner-up Drawing Prize – Bentley Art Prize. |
2011 | * Encouragement Award – Bentley Art Prize. |
2008 | * Special Mention Merit Certificate Award – Wetland Care National Art Competition. |
2007 | * Encouragement Award – Southern Cross Art Show. |
2006 | * People’s Choice Award – Southern Cross Art Show. |